If we paint all conservatives with the same brush, we alienate the few (or maybe not as few as we think) to never consider something different.

You’re preaching to the choir on that point. In fact I got positively roasted a while back for saying essentially the same thing.

The only thing I would say is that I was referring specifically to voters themselves; those conservative leaning non-voters that may not see themselves in the current republican party.

Incidentally, its a belief that was validated by the addition of Tim Walz to the ticket since that’s exactly what his presence is meant to do.

But once those conservatives identify as not just conservatives, but as republicans, there is very little hope in changing their mind unless they’re already predisposed to having it changed.